The College of DuPage (COD) women's basketball team is several weeks deep into training camp, and as they fast approach their season opener on Nov. 3 against Oakton College, they are looking to take the next step after making some notable changes this year.
Illinois has produced quite a few Olympic standouts for the 2016 games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, underscoring the state as a hot bed of world-class athletes.
Power hitting is one of the more scintillating parts of softball. Nothing beats watching a batter go deep to the yard, and Nicole Evans of the University of Illinois can certainly crack home runs as well as anybody.
Every team needs a utility player. Someone to do whatever it takes. Someone to do the dirty work. For the Northwestern University (NU) softball team, Marissa Panko is that player.